Leedstown Methodist Church, Schoolroom and Courtyard Walls at the Front
LEEDSTOWN METHODIST CHURCH, SCHOOLROOM AND COURTYARD WALLS AT THE FRONT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1328354
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Leedstown Methodist Church, Schoolroom and Courtyard Walls at the Front
- Statutory Address:
- LEEDSTOWN METHODIST CHURCH, SCHOOLROOM AND COURTYARD WALLS AT THE FRONT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1328354
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Leedstown Methodist Church, Schoolroom and Courtyard Walls at the Front
- Statutory Address 1:
- LEEDSTOWN METHODIST CHURCH, SCHOOLROOM AND COURTYARD WALLS AT THE FRONT
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LEEDSTOWN METHODIST CHURCH, SCHOOLROOM AND COURTYARD WALLS AT THE FRONT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Crowan
- National Grid Reference:
- SW 60534 34210
Details
SW 63 SW CROWAN LEEDSTOWN
4/158 Leedstown Methodist Church, - schoolroom and courtyard walls at the front GV II
Wesleyan Chapel, forecourt walls, gate piers and gates, and later schoolroom. Datestone 1862, schoolroom circa late C19. Granite ashlar with rock-faced rusticated quoins, slightly rusticated jambstones and voussoirs, granite sills and moulded granite pediment cornice. Dry Delabole slate roofs with gable ends. Rectangular aisless plan with a gallery on 4 sides. The ritual east end facing south west with large schoolroom added to that end. The entrance front (north east) with 2 entrances. 2 storey elevations. Symmetrical 3 window north east entrance front surmounted by triangular gable pediment with moulded cornice and apex finial all in granite. Round-headed openings, the doorways left and right wider. Double 3-panel doors to each with fanlight over. Leaded window with coloured glass to ground floor middle. (Similar window to the ground floor middle of each of the side elevations). The first floor windows and those to the side elevations are original round-headed hornless sashes with glazing bars in radial pattern at the top. Each side is symmetrical with 3 ground floor and 3 first floor windows. Oculus windows with coloured glass at rear of chapel are converted from original round-headed openings. Interior : virtually complete interior with original or late C19 fittings. The nearly oval-on-plan gallery is carried on wooden Doric columns and the panelled front is cantilevered out on scrolled brackets. The flat plaster ceiling has a moulded cornice and a large central rose with concentric moulded bands and carved acanthus and strapwork decoration. The pulpit hasa bowed centre and terminal pilasters flanked by geometric open-string stairs with winders; ornate cast iron balusters to the stairs and balustrade panels to the pulpit front. The pews are pitch pine with shaped and chamfered ends. The side windows, with coloured glass, are memorials to the Trewella family of Carsize. The central front window with coloured glass is a war memorial. The schoolroom has exposed arched bracing carried on granite corbels. The forecourt walls are chamfered granite plinths, formerly with iron railings. Wide central gateway with round-headed granite monolith piers and terminal piers with ogee caps. C20 iron gates.
Listing NGR: SW6053434210
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 65866
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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